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False Thunberg rifle video
This YouTube video doesn’t show Greta Thunberg shooting a rifle
By Daniel Funke January 21, 2020

Says a video shows Greta Thunberg firing a rifle.

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Modern income tax structure born in 1913, but Americans paid taxes before that
By Samantha Putterman January 21, 2020

Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.

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Trump didn’t say viral quote about bone spurs and avoiding the draft
By Samantha Putterman January 21, 2020

Quotes Trump as saying "would you really want a president who was dumb enough to let himself get drafted?"

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Don’t fall for this old hoax about showering and doing laundry in California
By Bill McCarthy January 21, 2020

"Starting Jan. 1 California residents can’t take shower, do laundry, poop in toilet and flush on same day."

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Newman’s jab at Lipinski’s railroad record doesn’t track
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller January 19, 2020

Says U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski had "a part in" undoing a law that used to limit how long trains could idle at crossings.

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Cuomo’s accurate boast about New York’s historically low corporate tax rate
By Jill Terreri Ramos January 18, 2020

"We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968."

A Vermont Senator says cellphones are the #1 killer of teens. That’s false.
By Ellie French January 17, 2020

"And the number one killer of teens in the United States is driving while using cell phones."

MLK at Lorraine
Fact-checking an old conspiracy about Martin Luther King Jr.’s death
By Daniel Funke January 17, 2020

Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring…

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No, Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment pens didn’t cost $2,025 each
January 17, 2020

Says the pens Nancy Pelosi used to sign the articles of impeachment cost "$2,025 per pen."

NC Democrat wrong about GOP leader taking jab at other Republicans
By Paul Specht January 17, 2020

Says NC Senate leader "expressed disdain" for the NC House budget vote on Sept. 11.

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Post falsely ties Tlaib scarf to Islamic State
By Jon Greenberg January 17, 2020

Says Rep. Rashida Tlaib "wears the symbolic scarf patterned after the Islamic terrorist state."  

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No, this girl doesn’t get a dollar for a kidney transplant every time someone shares a Facebook post
January 17, 2020

Says a girl gets a dollar for a kidney transplant every time a Facebook post is shared.   

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